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The nanny stole my husband
When Angela Robinson employed a live-in nanny, it was supposed to make her life easier. She hoped the nanny would give her more time for herself and enable her to support her husband at business functions. Her life fell apart, when Andy Watkins, 49, the father of her 3 kids, started an affair with the nanny Angela had trusted enough to bring into her home. July 2002 Angela's son, aged 6, told: "Daddy kissed Sarah." With her slim figure and long blonde hair, Sarah was only 21-years-old. Some might wonder why Angela chose to bring such a temptation in their 4-bedroom home. "She was slimmer and prettier than me, which only added to the indescribable hurt."
by dailymail.co.uk | 2008-11-27 | Signs of a Bad Relationship: Warning signs, Ending

First marriage - Is there a perfect age?
The age of first marriage has been rising steadily. The median age is now nearly 26 for women and nearly 28 for men. And as young people wait longer to marry, there is debate over whether waiting is a good idea. Those who urge marriage in the early to mid-20s say that's the age when the pool of possible mates is larger, it's when couples can "grow up" together and it's prime for childbearing. But others favor the late 20s or early 30s, saying maturity makes for happier marriages and greater economic security - both of which make divorce less likely. It's well documented that those who marry before age 20 are 2-3 times more likely to divorce.
by usatoday.com | 2008-11-27 | Marriage & Wedlock

Confessions of a cheating wife: Why would a woman betray the husband she still loves?
Caroline is a press officer who has been married to Steve for 12 years. They have a 9-year-old daughter. Caroline has been having an affair with Nick for the past 16 months. Lately, Steve told Caroline he would like them to try for another baby. Overpowered with guilt, Caroline is torn between telling her husband the truth or continuing the affair. Here is her story. --- After meeting Nick we foolishly started an affair, and as my feelings for him grew I knew I should stop seeing him - but selfishly, I didn't. Looking back, I should have read the warning signs that our relationship was becoming too serious much sooner than I did.
by dailymail.co.uk | 2008-11-10 | Why people cheat

The science of romantic chemistry partially demystified
Why does one good-looking stranger make your heart pound while another leaves you cold? Now researchers have some explanations, many based on brain-scanning techniques. --- In general, you gravitate toward people like you. Good-looking people incline to go for similarly good-looking types. Experts believe this happens because equality contributes to a stable union. But once you get past the bone structure and bank account and into personality, opposites often attract. "We're apt to fall in love with those who are mysterious and challenging to us," says Helen Fisher. Attraction, romantic love and attachment involve 3 overlapping but separate brain systems.
by orlandosentinel.com | 2008-11-10 | Love & Chemicals

Why cheating estimates vary so much - And infidelity trends
If you cheated on your partner, would you admit it to a researcher? That question is one of the biggest challenges in the study of marriage, and it helps explain why different studies get different infidelity rates. For example, in a 2007 study researchers surveyed 4,884 married women, using face-to-face interviews and anonymous online questionnaires. In the interviews just 1% of women said they had been unfaithful in the past year; online over 6% did. At the same time, surveys in sources like women's magazines may exaggerate the adultery rate, because they suffer from selection bias: the responders may be more likely to report infidelity.
by nytimes.com | 2008-11-10 | Surviving Infidelity & Cheating Husband, Wife

10 things to consider before confessing to an affair
(1) Infidelity is not that common: A 2006 survey of 46,000 persons showed that 20% of married men and 10% of married women had strayed during marriage. (2) If there is no way that your partner will find out about your one-night stand, and you want your relationship to survive, honesty may not be the best plan. (4) If the affair is on-going and there is a chance that someone else will tell your partner, come clean. A one-night stand might be forgivable, but lying never is. (10) Only 3% of 4,100 high-powered, but unfaithful, men divorced their wives and married their lovers. And of those new marriages 75% ended in divorce.
by timesonline.co.uk | 2008-10-28 | Surviving Infidelity & Cheating Husband, Wife

Manhood and monogamy polled in UK
About 20% of those currently in a stable relationship admit to having been unfaithful to their current partner. Men are more likely than women to have been unfaithful - 22% of men vs 13% of women. 71% of those who have cheated, have done so on more than one time. More than half of all those who have cheated have been unfaithful with someone who is either a friend of their partner or known to their partner. The most important part of a relationship is trust, followed by communication and sex - and the importance of sex decreases over time. Those who are single are twice as likely to view sex as the most crucial factor.
by guardian.co.uk | 2008-10-28 | Male Manual for Women

8 common relationship mistakes
(1) Attempting to change your partner: "If they love me enough, they'll change to please me. It's only a matter of time." So many think that they can and will change their partner. But to your partner, that "small thing" may not be so small. Even if they do try to change to please you, very often they become bitter. --- (3) Believing you are not "good enough" to keep their love: Some women not only expect rejection, but in reality do little things to bring it about, like starting to undermine the relationship, finding fault with their partner at every turn, to feel better about themselves.
by ittefaq.com | 2008-10-12 | Turn-ons and Turn-offs

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